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The boys' 4x800-meter relay claimed the New England title at Veterans Stadium as Brandon Au, Chris Faber, Ryan Flach, and Cameron Swift won the title with a time of 7:52.14, to edge Ridgefield by four-tenths of a second.

Also starring for the Wolverines was Taylor Drayton. The junior thrower took fifth in the shot, with a put of 40-1, and fifth in the discus, with a best throw of 121-0.

Another fast relay came from the Cheshire girls. The Rams' 4x100 team of Jamiya Richardson, Kristin Cabrera, Janaia Skibitcky and Alexandra Pelletier finished third in 49.22.

Also for Cheshire, Selina Sampieri took fourth place in the pole vault, clearing 11-3.

Watertown's Meg Perrin also made the podium when she took third in the javelin. The junior's best effort on the day was 130-5.

Another third came from Lewis Mills senior Stephanie Deccy. The distance runner finished the 3,200 meters in 10:54.07.

Nonnewaug earned a medal as well as sophomore sprinter Michaela Pernell ran fourth in 100-meter dash, in 12.13. She took ninth in the 200 (25.98).

Woodland's Mike Lang finished eighth in the triple jump, with a best leap of 44-3.25 feet.

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wondering why wrote on Jun 9, 2013 10:50 AM:

" Granted your coverage on oxford high teams has been great this past week but granted they deserve it. Just wondering why the newspaper had no one there to help capture the wonderful moment of the boys 4x800 team winning the NE title? This was New Englands in our back yard with tons of talented athletes. Many other local athletes faired well too. Its a shame that these kids didn't get the proper coverage on tracks highest stage. "

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